ILC Africa members celebrate World Food Day 2018

Africa

Monday, 22nd October 2018

In January this year, the African Union renewed its commitment to end hunger by 2025. In recent years, efforts to reverse hunger in Africa have multiplied, but as the UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017 shows, real progress is yet to follow. Globally, 767 million people live in extreme poverty, half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Across the continent, it is popular opinion that the African nations need to go beyond windy promises.

On World Food Day, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Mobilize to Assert Their Land Rights

Global

Monday, 15th October 2018

New Policy Brief Highlights Their Role in Global Food Security

Thousands join community advocates in Kenya, Myanmar, Peru, Uganda, Guatemala, Indonesia, Australiaand at least 18 other countries to call on governments to secure their rights to the lands that form the basis for global food security and help mitigate against climate change.